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MASLEd Program Mission
The Department of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies offers a MA degree in Sign Language Education. This program is designed to prepare future sign language teachers, who will provide exemplary leadership in the sign language teaching field. Students will be introduced to key theoretical and methodological issues involved in sign language instruction including curriculum development, assessment, and incorporating Deaf culture into the language curriculum. In addition, students will undertake a teaching practicum and internship under the supervision of a cooperating teacher. An electronic portfolio is required at the completion of the program, which represents the culmination of the student's academic performance.
Graduate Program Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates from the MA program in Sign Language Education will:
1) Demonstrate theoretical knowledge and display competence in classroom settings regarding methodological and socio-political issues involved in sign language teaching, curriculum development and assessment.
2) Produce graduate level Sign Language and English texts that demonstrate knowledge of and critical inquiry into key concepts in the Sign Language teaching field.
3) Recognize the importance of the Sign Language teacher as a system change agent and apply this in practice utilizing effective leadership, advocacy, consultation, and collaboration to influence change on the individual, group, and organizational and systemic levels.
4) Demonstrate preparedness to seek and obtain employment as a teaching professional in the field of sign language education.
1) Demonstrate theoretical knowledge and display competence in classroom settings regarding methodological and socio-political issues involved in sign language teaching, curriculum development and assessment.
2) Produce graduate level Sign Language and English texts that demonstrate knowledge of and critical inquiry into key concepts in the Sign Language teaching field.
3) Recognize the importance of the Sign Language teacher as a system change agent and apply this in practice utilizing effective leadership, advocacy, consultation, and collaboration to influence change on the individual, group, and organizational and systemic levels.
4) Demonstrate preparedness to seek and obtain employment as a teaching professional in the field of sign language education.
Program overview
The Master in Sign Language Education (MASLED) program is a 15-month Summer/Online program. In typical 2-year graduate programs, there are four semesters of study. Our four semesters of study begin with the first semester occurring during the Summer, the second semester during the Fall, third semester during the Spring, and the fourth and final semester during the following Summer.
Students begin the program mid-May online, then arrive on campus for required face-to-face courses for approximately a month during the summer. In other words, these summer courses are not fully online, and not fully face-to-face, but considered hybrid courses, a blend of online and onsite education.
The fall and spring semester courses are entirely online and do not require on-campus presence. We do offer some face-to-face options for students who wish to remain local/on-campus, however there are limited space in those on-campus classes. On-campus students who take increased number of courses during the year may be eligible to march for graduation after three semesters of study, in May, provided they have only two courses or less in the final semester (summer) of study. For more details about this option, click here.
To ensure your spot in on-campus classes during the year, you may want to consider applying to the graduate Certificate in Deaf Studies program in addition to a Masters degree in Sign Language Education.
The final set of summer courses begin online in mid-May, and require on-campus presence mid-June through end of July, with students applying for August graduation. Please contact us for more details at masled@gallaudet.edu.
* While the Masters in Sign Language Education degree program is accredited as a degree program at Gallaudet University, the MASLED program is not a state approved licensure program or part of the professional programs unit accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Instead, our students are strongly encouraged to successfully complete national certification with the ASL Teachers Association (ASLTA) prior to graduation. If you are seeking employment in K-12 school settings, you would be best advised to contact your state office of licensure and certification to see if our program meets their requirements. We are happy to assist with this process.
Students begin the program mid-May online, then arrive on campus for required face-to-face courses for approximately a month during the summer. In other words, these summer courses are not fully online, and not fully face-to-face, but considered hybrid courses, a blend of online and onsite education.
The fall and spring semester courses are entirely online and do not require on-campus presence. We do offer some face-to-face options for students who wish to remain local/on-campus, however there are limited space in those on-campus classes. On-campus students who take increased number of courses during the year may be eligible to march for graduation after three semesters of study, in May, provided they have only two courses or less in the final semester (summer) of study. For more details about this option, click here.
To ensure your spot in on-campus classes during the year, you may want to consider applying to the graduate Certificate in Deaf Studies program in addition to a Masters degree in Sign Language Education.
The final set of summer courses begin online in mid-May, and require on-campus presence mid-June through end of July, with students applying for August graduation. Please contact us for more details at masled@gallaudet.edu.
* While the Masters in Sign Language Education degree program is accredited as a degree program at Gallaudet University, the MASLED program is not a state approved licensure program or part of the professional programs unit accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Instead, our students are strongly encouraged to successfully complete national certification with the ASL Teachers Association (ASLTA) prior to graduation. If you are seeking employment in K-12 school settings, you would be best advised to contact your state office of licensure and certification to see if our program meets their requirements. We are happy to assist with this process.